Thank you for your efforts to disseminate the news of the day and resist the hate-filled and deceitful rhetoric of this administration. I cannot believe, still, in this country that it is necessary for the press and regular citizens to defend themselves.
Only one quarter or less of the citizens believe a word Donald Trump says, yet the press is forced to defend itself because his speech is so incendiary.
The press is now officially our last line of defense.
Hannah Sorila is a writer and community organizer who aims to align intention and impact...
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It was a slightly unconventional grand opening for a slightly unconventional institution, but when you have fulfilled a dream that was 40 years in the making, you can celebrate any way you want. And that's how Johann Sebastian Bach rode into the Brattleboro Music Center's new concert hall on the back of a Harley. After four decades of trying to come up with a replacement for their “temporary” home on Walnut Street, BMC celebrated the move into a spacious and...
In response to the opinion piece written by Mindy Haskins Rogers and published in last week's Commons, I want to sincerely apologize for any pain I may have caused due to my actions. To clarify, I was unaware of any of the accusations against Zeke Hecker while he was a teacher at Brattleboro Union High School and became aware of them only after he had retired. By that time it became clear to me that the school administration and the...
PUTNEY-NXT Gallery hosts an opening reception for its upcoming exhibit, "A World Adjacent: Paintings by Jana Zeller." The reception will take place on Friday, May 31, 5:30 to 8 p.m. The exhibit continues through Aug. 11. In her artist statement, Zeller writes about painting props and puppets and designing sets while a teen in a family of internationally touring puppeteers. "During this time I discovered my passion for painting and spent many years creating backdrop-sized oil paintings full of puppet-like...
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